Abraham Youngblood of Union Parish, Louisiana served in Company A; 2nd Battalion, Louisiana heavy artillery and was part of the army surrendered by Gen E. K. Smith in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana on May 26, 1865.

Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Monroe, Louisiana, June 8, 1865. Residence, Union Parish, Louisiana

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T.D. Hudson, 4 Jan 2000
I descend from Abraham and Caroline Skinner Youngblood's daughter Sarah Elizabeth Youngblood Everett. She is the only one who remained in Union Parish. All of her siblings moved to Natchitoches Parish Louisiana following the death of their mother Caroline Frances Skinner Youngblood in 1889.

Thus, I don't know much about the other children of Abraham and Caroline except what is in Dewey O'Brien's book and the censuses. Dewey O'Brien descends from Jesse Youngblood, so I presume you have checked that portion of his book.

Abraham and Caroline also had a son George, who could possibly be a father of your George Emmett Youngblood.

I have the 1880 Union Parish Louisiana census and the Natchitoches Parish Louisiana 1900 and 1910 census listings for all of the Youngblood siblings in my files. These censues should determine all the children of John Thornton Youngblood. However, I live in eastern North Carolina and due to the flooding following Hurricane Floyd, I had to put all of my genealogical records in storage to prevent the flood waters from destroying them. I will not be able to access my files for the next several months, but as soon as I can unpack them I'll be more than happy to look up this information for you.

I should warn you that some of the statements made in Dewey O'Brien's book are, in my opinion, in error. For example, he does not include a complete list of the children of Henry and Alcie Youngblood. He omits mention of their son William W. Youngblood, who was committed to the Louisiana State Mental Hospital in Jackson, Louisiana in 1851 or 1852 for murder. He also omits mention of one of their daughters, besides other omissions. If you are interested in additional material on Abraham and Caroline, let me know.
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T.D. Hudson, 8 Aug 2007
Abraham J. Youngblood was born about 1819 in Morgan County Georgia, the son of Henry Youngblood and his wife Alsey Ray. He moved with his parents to Alabama about 1820. They lived in Butler County in 1830 and Pike County in 1840. In late 1840 or early 1841, Henry moved to Hinds County Mississippi, where he remained until the latter 1840s. However, about 1844 Abraham and his brothers William and George moved across the Mississippi River and west into Union Parish Louisiana They apparently cleared land and raised crops for several years, perhaps returning to their parents? home in Hinds County Mississippi during the winters. Abraham appears to have spent a few years back in Hinds County in the latter 1840s. However, by 1850, Abraham and his brothers convinced their parents to follow them to Union Parish Louisiana, where they settled near Shiloh. Abraham married about 1849, location unknown, to Caroline Frances Skinner. Family tradition states that Abraham and Caroline originally joined the Shiloh Baptist Church in the early 1850s, but when the Pisgah Church formed shortly thereafter, they became founding members of that church.
After the war, Abraham J. Youngblood returned home to Shiloh and farmed for the rest of his life. He also apparently maintained his membership at Pisgah Baptist Church, probably serving as a deacon, although the loss of the early church records prevents us from knowing any details. Abraham and Carolina raised horses and their sons raced them; Abraham?s son James was killed at age fifteen while racing on horseback. Abraham died on 16 February 1887 at his home near Shiloh in the Pisgah Community north of Shiloh and was buried in the Pisgah Cemetery.

SHILOH POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED: 16 April 1851

HISTORY OF SHILOH POST OFFICE, 1851 - 1906:
discontinued 28 June 1866
re-established 17 June 1867
discontinued 21 Dec 1869
re-established 12 Oct 1871
office closed effective 31 Oct 1906, with mail forwarded to Bernice.

Shiloh was located in western Union Parish in Section 20, Township 21 North, Range 2 West, not too far from Bayou Corney. It was a thriving business center between the latter 1840s and 1898, when the business district burned. The fire plus the decision of the railroad commissioners to bypass Shiloh and place the north/south rail line several miles west of Shiloh led to its demise. Business had shifted to Bernice within only a few years.

BERNICE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED: 7 October 1899

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from Pisgah Baptist Cemetery, Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana Listing at http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/union/cemeteries/pisgah.txt
Note added by T. D. Hudson:

Before her death, Union Parish genealogist Arelia (Shorty) Breed took me to the spot in Pisgah Cemetery where our ancestors Abraham J. Youngblood and Caroline Frances Skinner Youngblood were buried. They settled in the Pisgah community in 1849 with Abraham's parents Henry and Alsey Ray Youngblood. I photographed the spot and one day will place markers to their memory:

Abraham J. Youngblood
b. c1819, Morgan Co Georgia
m. 1849
d. 16 Feb 1887
private, Company A, 2nd Battalion Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Confederate States Army

Caroline Frances Skinner
b. c1834
d. 24 May 1889

I have tried every way I can think of to find the origin of Caroline Skinner but have not had any success. We probably never will know for sure, although I think it is obvious that the Maria Skinner Fancher who lived near them in Union Parish was her sister and probably the Morris Skinner nearby was related. Maria Skinner and John Fancher were married in Noxubee County, Mississippi and Morris Skinner appeared on the 1845 census of that county (an off-year census). JD O'Brien

Dec 23, 2005
You asked if I had learned more about Caroline Skinner Y. Well, yes but no, not just who she was. I am quite convinced that she came from Noxubee County, Mississippi. No marriage record has been found. However, I found the marriage record
of Maria Skinner and John Fancher in Noxubee County in the 1840s; they moved to Union Parish near Abraham and Caroline; Maria died; John Fancher was either killed or died during the Civil War; Abraham Y. was appointed administrator of their estates (husbands acted for wives in legal matters in those days), so obviously Caroline was the children's next of kin in Louisiana. One was a little boy named Quincy and you may note that Grandpappy's sister was named Ida Quincy Youngblood. Later, the children were sent to relatives in Tennessee. Note, also, that Aunt Ada Youngblood Haskins' middle name was Fanchion (T. B. verified the spelling some years ago before he died). My recollection of my research on that name indicated Fanchion may have been the original spelling. There was a Francis Skinner in Noxubee and in the neighboring county in Mississippi who went back to AL. He seems to have been the son of a Lemuel Skinner of AL and that Skinner line had not long been out of South Carolina as were the Skinners into which Isaac Youngblood married (Grandpappy's uncle over in Newton County, Texas). Also, I found that there was a special 1845 census of Mississippi and I got that record of Morris Skinner to see if he had a daughter the age of Caroline. He did not. So I think we can strike him off the list of possible parents. I will ask for that of Francis Skinner if he can be found on the Mississippi 1845 census. That could account for Caroline's middle name. JD O'Brien

June 22, 2006
John, you may have received my earlier msg re yours and Yvonne's. Yvonne, although I addressed you also, it bounced.
Yvonne, I think it likely that the Wesley you referred to was the son of Isaac Youngblood and Sarah Skinner whose relationship, if any, to my and John's Caroline Skinner is unknown. Two sons of Henry Youngblood, our Abraham and his younger brother Isaac married Skinners as mentioned above. I am inclined to think they were related as Sarah's father, Alexander Skinner, lived in Claiborne Parish in North Louisiana not far across the line with Union Parish where Abraham and Caroline Skinner Youngblood lived at the time of the 1860 census.
Abraham's father, Henry Youngblood, moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana just across the Sabine River from Newton County, Texas where Isaac Youngblood lived after he married Sarah Skinner. In 1964 I visited Clementine Youngblood McWhorter whose only surviving sibling then was Richard Youngblood of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. But they had a deceased brother, Wesley. That could be the one to whom you referred. Some years later I corresponded with descendants of that branch of the family.

I think it likely that Caroline was from Noxubee County, Mississippi as her close relative, Maria Skinner married John Fancher there. That they were close relatives is the fact that Abraham Y. handled the estate of John and Maria Fancher both of whom died during the Civil War era. ( Husbands handled legal matters for wives, and Caroline would have been Maria's closest local relative.)

It is possible that Caroline Skinner Y. was the daughter of Francis Skinner who lived in Noxubee County and a neighboring county in Mississippi. Her 1850 census in Union Parish, Louisiana showed her born in Mississippi but that was probably her earliest memory. Later censuses showed her born in AL. The 1845 census of Morris Skinner, a neighbor of Abe and Caroline in 1850, showed no female child of the age of Caroline. (Yes, some States had odd year census records.)
Would love to hear about the Bible or other records you may have, Yvonne.

Thanks, John, for sending me this. Dewey

Jan 5th, 2007
Today I had a routine med. uptown and Neoma wanted to go also and stop by the DAR Lib. to see records she was interested in. I was interested in Skinners of course and had wanted to see a Paschal book which I had heard about as I have speculated that our Paschal Shackelford's first name may have been a family name. Also, there were families of Paschall's in Georgia near where we think it most likely that the Shackelfords were from. (Some have speculated that our line sprang from Henry Shackelford of Elbert County, Georgia.) That was what our Jeff. County AL descendants of Zadock Shackelford thought most likely also.

We can rule out Francis Skinner of Noxubee County, Mississippi as I found the obituaries of both him and his wife (a Belk, like Isaac Youngblood's wife's Skinner relatives were related to). They were born in 1821 so Francis was too young to be Caroline's father. Also, it would be most unlikely if he were Caroline's brother as Caroline's middle name was Frances, I understand.
I will have that 1845 census of Noxubee County, Mississippi checked out one way or t'other. Dewey

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T. D. Hudson, 8 Aug, 2007
Caroline Frances Skinner was born about 1834, probably in Alabama. At this time, the names of her parents are unknown, although she was apparently closely connected to Morris (Maurice) Skinner. While Abraham was away serving in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States, she received financial assistance from the Police Jury, who it provided money to the families of many Confederate soldiers. After her children were older, Caroline worked as a mid-wife, riding side-saddle around the countryside delivering babies. Acquaintances stated that she always had a very fine horse to ride, as her family raised horses. Caroline reportedly smoked a clay pipe, and she died from cancer of the mouth on 24 May 1889. Reportedly in her final days, the pain in her mouth would be so great that her children and friends would crush pills into powder to put in her mouth to kill the pain

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JD O'Brien, 9 Aug, 2007
And now, fellow Y descendants, we will try to unravel the mystery of the ancestry of Caroline Skinner. I will try to get the whole Noxubee Co. census for 1845, a special census which I had checked to see if Morris Skinner had a daughter the age then of Caroline. He did not. As Maria Skinner married John Fancher near that date, and A.J.Y. got custody of their children and estate when they both died during the Civil War, Caroline should be there somewhere then. Aunt Ada Haskins' son, T.B., short for Thomas Bartlett Haskins, Jr., told me that her middle name was, indeed, "Fanchien", which was a variation of Fancher used way back up that line.

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1850 Census - Union Parish, Louisiana
#699 Abraham Youngblood; age 25 b. AL
Caroline Youngblood; age 18 b. MS
It is unknown why the dates and places do not tie with 1860 & 1880 known census, but since this family is next door to parents, it is highly probable this Abraham & Caroline are ours.
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1860 Census - Shiloh, Union Parish, Louisiana
#34 Age Sex Occupation Birthplace
A. J. YOUNGBLOOD 41 M Farmer GA
C. F. YOUNGBLOOD 26 F Housekeeper ALA
Jno F. YOUNGBLOOD 8 M LA
A. C. YOUNGBLOOD 6 F LA
Jas H. YOUNGBLOOD 4 M LA
J. A. YOUNGBLOOD 2 M LA
Geo. A. YOUNGBLOOD 9/12 M LA
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1880 Census - 4th Ward, Union Parish, Louisiana
Source: FHL Film 1254473; National Archives Film T9-0473; Page 487B
Household: #119 Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
A. J. YOUNGBLOOD Self Male M W 61 Georgia. Occ: Farmer Father: Georgia. Mother: Georgia
C. F. YOUNGBLOOD Wife Female M W 46 Alabama. Occ: Keeps House Father: Georgia. Mother: ---
Sarah YOUNGBLOOD Dau Female S W 18 Louisiana Occ: At Home Father: Georgia. Mother: Alabama
Palastine YOUNGBLOOD Dau Female S W 14 Louisiana Occ: At Home Father: Georgia. Mother: Alabama
Ida YOUNGBLOOD Dau Female S W 12 Louisiana Occ: At Home Father: Georgia. Mother: Alabama
Smith YOUNGBLOOD Son Male S W 8 Louisiana Occ: At School Father: Georgia. Mother: Alabama
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from Pisgah Baptist Cemetery, Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana Listing at http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/union/cemeteries/pisgah.txt
Note added by T. D. Hudson:

Before her death, Union Parish genealogist Arelia (Shorty) Breed took me to the spot in Pisgah Cemetery where our ancestors Abraham J. Youngblood and Caroline Frances Skinner Youngblood were buried. They settled in the Pisgah community in 1849 with Abraham's parents Henry and Alsey Ray Youngblood. I photographed the spot and one day will place markers to their memory:

Abraham J. Youngblood
b. c1819, Morgan Co Georgia
m. 1849
d. 16 Feb 1887
private, Company A, 2nd Battalion Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Confederate States Army

Caroline Frances Skinner
b. c1834
d. 24 May 1889